Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Gyronematinae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Gyronematinae was named by Knight (1956).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Lophospiridae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Holopeidae by Knight et al. (1960); and to Lophospiridae by Wagner (2023).

Subtaxa
Eunema, Gyronema, Klavlia
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2004-11-28; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Gyronematinae Knight
1960Gyronematinae Knight et al. p. 239
2023Gyronematinae Wagner p. H35

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
subfamilyGyronematinae
subfamilyGyronematinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Gyronematinae Knight 1956
show all | hide all
G. †Eunema Salter 1859
hide
†Eunema badiotica Kittl 1891
†Eunema centralis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
+
Invalid names: Lophospira delicata Tofel and Bretsky 1987 [synonym]
†Eunema concinnula Ulrich and Scofield 1897
+
Invalid names: Lophospira fillmorensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
†Eunema erigone Billings 1865
†Eunema fasciata Savage 1913
†Eunema fatua Hall 1868
†Eunema helicteres Salter 1859
+
Invalid names: Eunema sexlineata Shrock and Raasch 1937 [synonym], Eunema wisconsinensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
†Eunema quadrisulcata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Eunema salopiense Pitcher 1939
†Eunema strigillatum Salter 1859
†Eunema tietzei Kittl 1894
†Eunema trilineata Hall 1868
G. †Gyronema Ulrich and Scofield 1897
hide
†Gyronema altispiralis Grabau 1922
†Gyronema pulchellum Ulrich and Scofield 1897
+
Invalid names: Gyronema liratum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [replaced]
†Gyronema rotalineum Raymond 1906
†Gyronema semicarinatum Salter 1859
+
Invalid names: Gyronema duplicata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
G. †Klavlia Mazaev 2018
hide
†Klavlia klavlia Mazaev 2018
†Klavlia minuta Mazaev 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:13:29
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Julian or 458.20000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Eunema sp. (56212)
Costonian458.2 - 457.2USA (Oklahoma) Gyronema sp. (13815)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) Gyronema sp. (101981)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Eunema centralis (184671) Eunema erigone (185462) Lophospira bicincta (185429 185476)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Minnesota) Lophospira helicteres, Lophospira bicincta (194139)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Indiana) Lophospira helicteres (194135) Lophospira sexlineata (104277)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Illinois) Gyronema duplicatum (88007)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Wisconsin) Lophospira helicteres, Lophospira bicincta (89018)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Eunema centralis (99339)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Lophospira bicincta (174157)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Lophospira fillmorensis (175724)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Gyronema semicarinatum (167563)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lophospira centralis, Lophospira bicincta (5327)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lophospira bicincta (5328 5329 5331)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Lophospira helicteres, Eunema strigillatum, Gyronema semicarinatum (63816)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Gyronema duplicatum, Trochonema lirata (23613) Lophospira helicteres, Gyronema duplicatum, Trochonema lirata, Lophospira bicincta (23614 23615) Lophospira helicteres, Lophospira bicincta (23617 23619 23620)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Gyronema duplicatum, Trochonema lirata (23555 23556)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) Gyronema duplicatum, Gyronema liratum (154948)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Lophospira delicata (155374)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Eunema centralis (156592) Lophospira concinnula (26172) Lophospira delicata (100354)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira helicteres, Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Lophospira bicincta (23621)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira helicteres, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Trochonema lirata, Lophospira bicincta (23557)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Lophospira bicincta (23623 23644)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Gyronema pulchellum (154411)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Lophospira helicteres, Eunema strigillatum, Eunema centralis, Gyronema semicarinatum (154703)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Eunema helicteres (87737)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lophospira bicincta (5333)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira helicteres, Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Lophospira bicincta (23558)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Lophospira bicincta (23622)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Gyronema sp., Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum (23579) Gyronema sp., Lophospira concinnula, Lophospira fillmorensis, Lophospira bicincta (23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Gyronema sp., Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Lophospira bicincta (23656) Gyronema sp., Lophospira concinnula, Lophospira fillmorensis, Lophospira bicincta (23659) Gyronema sp., Lophospira fillmorensis, Lophospira bicincta (23664 23667 23668 23670) Lophospira concinnula, Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, Lophospira bicincta (23651 23653)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Lophospira fillmorensis (194137)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) Gyronema pulchellum (100539 100859) Gyronema pulchellum, Eunema centralis (100858)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Gyronema sp., Lophospira fillmorensis, Lophospira bicincta (23678) Lophospira quadrisulcata (23680)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Gyronema sp., Lophospira fillmorensis, Lophospira bicincta (23588) Lophospira quadrisulcata (23597)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira quadrisulcata (23682)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira quadrisulcata (23603)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira quadrisulcata (23684)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira quadrisulcata (23607)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Lophospira quadrisulcata (172795)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Minnesota) Lophospira centralis (155710)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Alaska) Gyronema sp., Trochonema sp. A, Trochonema sp. B (49341) Loxoplocus serrulata (49351)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Gyronema sp. (8327 8328 192503)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1USA (Illinois) Lophospira fasciata (173287)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Gyronema n. sp. (153091)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia Gyronema sp. (172929)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Guizhou) Eunema sp., Gyronema sp. (56659)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) Eunema fatua (13069 13075)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) Eunema fatua (13107)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Středočeský (Central Bohemian Region)) Gyronema sp., Trochonema sp. (106004)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Eunema strigillatum (229624 229625)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Gyronema sp. (534)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Queensland) Trochonema sp. (39873)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Nei Mongol) Gyronematinae indet. (49135)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Eunema sp. (60145)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) Eunema subspinosum (228424)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany Eunema sp. (60183)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Shanxi) Gyronema altispiralis (156149)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Klavlia minuta (217206)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Samara) Klavlia klavlia (170192)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Eunema badiotica (69669 144631) Eunema badiotica, Eunema tietzei (144633) Eunema tietzei (69660)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Belluno) Eunema badioticum (207476)